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Before you buy the Florida hype

Florida's insurance market, which has been unstable since the 90s, has grown even more volatile in recent years. According to industry estimates, the average price of homeowners' insurance premiums has more than doubled since DeSantis took office in 2019, and more than a dozen insurers have become insolvent in the state during that time. Earlier this month, Farmers Insurance announced that it would end its home and auto coverage in Florida entirely.

A recent study put Florida at the top of the list for the most expensive home insurance in the country.

All of this, according to Ron himself, will “normalize after hurricane season.” This from a guy who’s received millions of dollars from insurance stakeholders as he has overseen massive giveaways to the insurance industry.

All of which creates a state of uninsured drivers, hit-and-runs and dilapidated homes and storefronts there was no insurance to repair from that fire or flood or robbery. All of which encourages a thriving industry of bus bench lawyers and dreams of instant payouts. We’re the original state of “I’ll pay you when I get my tax refund.” Low rent.
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Ynotisay · M
So after hurricane season I guess all the coastal water will stop rising and the threat of flooding leaves? It's been about ten years since climate scientists really started ringing the bell about what will happen to the coastline. But even after floods people still keep building. Coastal water is rising an inch every three years and the tidal flooding in some areas an increased like 300 percent or something. You can rebuild in an area after a fire or flood the recedes. You can't rebuild when things are underwater. I just find it amazing that Desantis screams about the politicization of weather when that's EXACTLY what he's doing. Just in a different way.